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Protect Your Guild Wars 2 Account with these Tips

Here's a fun fact for you: A lot of Guild Wars 2 accounts are getting broken into. According to GlobalPost, more than 11,000 accounts have been taken by a single source in China. If you trust ArenaNet's word, many of those accounts are being grabbed by way of stealing passwords from other sites and testing them on Guild Wars 2 accounts. Make sure you're protected from losing a bunch of money by way of purchasing gems by following some pretty basic tips.

"We've observed hack attempts against hundreds of thousands of accounts that don't even exist. To protect those people in case they purchase Guild Wars 2 and create an account, we will now disallow customers from picking passwords that we've previously seen used in a hack attempt," an ArenaNet update said.

As of right now, ArenaNet is banning anyone who seems to have been hacked to minimize the damage done to their accounts. Unfortunately, that also means that those who bough Guild Wars 2 legitimately may find their characters out of service for a period. If you've been banned but are pretty sure you didn't do anything wrong, make sure you contact customer service to get your details protected.

Oh, and make sure you set up your email authorization, as well. I recently received a bunch of emails asking me for authorization on a different computer than my own, implying that someone had been attempting to get into my account. I changed my password, and have been watching things like a hawk. You may want to do the same.